Pictures!!!!

Abe Lincoln....The kids insisted that I take a picture in the hat...

Our new dry erase and GIANT post-it chart!! We love it! (Miss Hawthorne may have been most excited about this!)

House for Hermit Crab listening activity.

Idiom Hats-Miss Hawthorne's "Straw Hat". Stay tuned for pictures of the kids in theirs!

Lego Lab...we built cars!!

Math Games!

We made salt water!

We are so excited for SPRING BREAK!!!

This week we...

• had our Amelia Bedelia parade with our idiom hats! 
• got a new dry erase board installed with GIANT post it notes!
• got green cones ALL week!!! WOOHOOOO!!!! 
• had a friend get to have a Teacher Treat during lunch. She won it at Spring Fling! 
• started learning algebra! x+5=14. What is the value of x? 
• continued daily 5. 
• started learning about the ocean. 
• made salt water pictures. 
• did an experiment with making salt water. 
• did an activity with listening. We listened to A House for Hermit Crab and drew what we heard without looking at the pictures. 
• watched Magic School Bus video about the Ocean. 
• reviewed short o words. 
• are learning multiplication.
• learned new sight words! 
• are learning real vs. fantasy.

We've missed a couple of weeks! Tune in for an update!

We...

• had a Valentine celebration! It was magnificent! 
• have had a great time learning IDIOMS!! Some of our favorites are: It's raining cats and dogs! You've fallen off the face of the Earth! 
• had a friend move to another school. We will miss her! 
• learned greater than, less than and got clothespin crocodiles to help us learn that crocodile's mouth wants to eat the GREATER number! (100>10)
• got a new Daily 5 chart! 
• went to the library and learned how to log on to netbooks! 
• went to Computer lab!
• continued Daily 5 activities! 
• had 2 friends get AR awards. 
• had a friend with a birthday! 
• started a new month of MARCH! 
• Spring Break is in a WEEK!
• are doing volleyball in PE. 
• continued spelling. We are learning au, aw, a words. (Digraphs that make the short o sound.) 
• have reached our 120th day! 
• finished reading Brom's book Mr. Granite is From Another Planet! We are starting Ms. Hannah is Bananas next week!
• are doing our ceramic cupcakes in Art. 
• know today is Dr. Seuss's birthday! 
• Miss Hawthorne was absent for a few days...have no fear, she has returned! 
• have Ms. Nichols student teaching with us. 
• are learning about Presidents. 
• made Abe Lincoln hats! 

Stay tuned for pictures....